Applying the clay to the dog armature - clay to bronze

This video show the procedure for applying the clay on to the dog form/dog manikin. I melt Chavant NSP Hard in a crockpot and use a brush to  apply the layers of clay. Set the crockpot to low, too high of a temperature will burn your clay. Four pounds of clay took about 3 hours to melt.

This dog sculpture will undergo 3-4 coats of clay before I begin the detail work.

Results of the first coat of clay.

Dog armature work-in-progress

More work on the Styrofoam dog armature. Due to the annoying noise of the rasp against the foam, this will be the last video on this phase. 

Roughing out the styrofoam dog with hotwire tools

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These videos demonstrate the tools and steps I use to rough-out my Styrofoam dog. The foam dog is used for the armature.

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier armature

The video show how I use a hotwire to cut out the Styrofoam pattern that will be used for my armature.